A collection of articles to help you improve your professional skills and achieve your desired career goals.
As the Chinese economy continues to grow, demand for highly talented employees, especially people with local and international managerial skills, now exceeds the supply. The Chinese government knows it must increase the number of educated people if...
Engagement is always critical but never more so than during tough economic times. When resources become leaner and employees are asked to do more with less, stress levels can climb and engagement levels can drop. Developing effective strategies for...
A project may sound like a great idea, but does it fit in with the overall corporate strategy? Here is a detailed checklist of questions for senior executives and sponsors to ensure that proposed projects are aligned to organizational strategy from...
Could the next "new" thing actually be 2,500 years old? According to a new book, Buddha: 9 to 5: The Eightfold Path to Enlightening Your Workplace and Improving Your Bottom Line, the secrets to career satisfaction and prosperity can be found...
A quick intro to the world of budgeting from AMA’s best-selling seminar “Fundamentals of Finance and Accounting for Nonfinancial Managers."
Developing financial talent is a must. Learn how to go about this.
When you have built a team, you have put together a group of people who are highly committed and consider themselves mutually accountable to achieve results. They each have clearly defined roles. They have measurable goals and a visible purpose around which to unite. And they have a leader--you.
The generation gap looms particularly large in situations in which managers are younger than their team members. A survey of Performance and Profits readers found that the greatest challenge of managing older workers is gaining their respect. Robert...
What is the number one personality trait of individuals who deal most effectively with change? It’s confidence. Here are seven strategies from change management expert Carol Kinsey Goman, Ph.D., that will help your people become more confident and...
Clients need a good listener, one who says: "Please tell me more." Those four simple words will do more to reveal important and relevant information about your clients than anything else you can do or say.